Learning to fall

When I was a kid, my mom sent my brother and I to judo classes. We spent a long time learning to fall. That has gotten me out of a lot of trouble... 

Life sometimes, is all about knowing how to fall. Not that I'm any big expert. This is a two icy hot kinda day, for me: 

Yep, maybe if I paid more attention in those classes...

I found myself with some forced downtime over the last few days, trying to fight the latest bug. Funny how quickly I'm thinking about art'n.  Finishing works in progress, mainly, but also new stuff coming. I found about a dozen short logs, and I have been off to the races. Not on those, of course. Gotta clear the decks. I'm still underpainting these pieces, so I gotta get goin'...! The new studio is still under destruction, so forgive the presentation: 

I've got to thank Ric Stewart for the gift of the plaster figures. I wish I remembered the name of this dude. I am digging that background color of the dude on the right. Let's just call the rest WIP and move along...

Making progress on Board Track Racer. Remember where this started? 

From there, to:

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Then, through the magics of bronzecasting:

After several hours of grinding:

Next section coming, stay tuned. I think it's time for the heating pad...

Peace!